Person:Mary Kittredge (2)

Personal History

Mary Kittredg(e), first daughter of Daniel Kittredg and Elizabeth (Foster), was born 1 10mo. [Dec.] 1695, in Billerica, Province of Massachusetts Bay.^[2][3] She died 19 September 1769, in the same place,^[4][5] and was buried in South Cemetery.^[6]

Samuel Peacock and Mary Kittredg were married 5 February 1718/9, in Billerica, Province of Massachusetts Bay, by Rev. Samuel Ruggles. The births of their children appear in the town records of Billerica.

In 1742, for her dower, she was granted about 28 acres, the use of the lower room in the dwelling house, one third of the cellar, and the east end of the barn. After her death, the dower was distributed to their grandchildren in 1771.^[8]

Intention of marriage was published in April 1742, in Dracut, Province of Massachusetts Bay, for Ephraim Curtis and Mary Peacock of Tewksbury. They were married 19 August 1742, in Tewksbury.

Intention of marriage was published 30 October 1766, in Dracut, Province of Massachusetts Bay, for Jacob French of Billerica and Mrs. Mary Curtis. They were married 19 November 1766, in Billerica, by Wm. Stickney.

1. ↑ Hazen, Henry Allen. History of Billerica, Massachusetts, with a genealogical register. (Boston, Massachusetts: A. Williams, 1883)
   p. 85.

   Children of Daniel Kittredge and Elizabeth ---: 1) Mary, b. 1 Dec 1695, m. Samuel Peacock.

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 “Billerica births”, in Foster, F. Apthorp (ed.). Vital Records of Billerica, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908)
   p. 121.

   “KITTREDGE, Mary [dup. Kitteridg], d. Daniel and Elisabeth [dup. Elizabeth], Dec. 1, 1695.”

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Billerica (Massachusetts). Town Clerk. Vital records and indexes, 1653–1910. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972, 2001)
   FHL 901881 (Births, marriages, deaths 1627–1834); vol. 1, p. 30v, and vol. 2, p. 82.

   Digital record with image viewed in “Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626–2001,” database, FamilySearch, DGS 7009657, image 41 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4V4-PZ4 : accessed 31 Dec. 2016).
   
   The original record in the first volume appears as follows:
   “Mary Daughter of Daniel & Elizabeth Kitteridg, borne. 01 [day]-10 [m]-[16]95”
   
   Digital record with image viewed in the same, image 179 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4VH-J2N : accessed 31 Dec. 2016).
   
   The transcribed record in the second volume appears as follows:
   “Mary Daughter of Daniel and Elisabeth Kittredge was born, Decem^r. 1. 1695.”

4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 “Billerica deaths”, in Foster, F. Apthorp (ed.). Vital Records of Billerica, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908)
   p. 363.

   “FRENCH, Mary, w. Jacob, Sept. 19, 1769. [in 74th year. Gravestone record, Old South Cemetery.]”
   Age 73, so born about 1696.

5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Billerica (Massachusetts). Town Clerk. Vital records and indexes, 1653–1910. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972, 2001)
   FHL 901881 (Births, marriages, deaths 1627–1834); vol. 2, p. 11.

   Image viewed in “Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626–2001,” database, FamilySearch, DGS 7009657, image 140 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8979-4C3C : accessed 31 Dec. 2016).
   
   The records are grouped by family, and after their marriage record is the following:
   “Mary Wife of Jacob French Departed this Life September 19, 1769.”

6. ↑ ^6.0 6.1 “The South Burying Ground”, in Staff of the Billerica Public Library, and others. Billerica cemetery catalogs and indexes. (Billerica, Mass.: Billerica Public Library).

   French, Mary, [wife of] Jacob French, d. 19 Sept. 1769, lot C45.

7. ↑ See the references for her father's will dated in 1741 and his estate's probate records.
8. ↑ See the probate records of her husband, Samuel Peacock.